One other sequence, one other 1-1 tie after two video games. The Boston Celtics dropped Recreation 2 to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday night time by a rating of 118-94. It was a brutal night time full of poor protection and ugly offense.
Listed here are three stuff you might need missed.
1. Derrick White protection
Maybe one of many solely good defensive performs of the night time, watching Derrick White lock up Caris LeVert was lovely. White’s footwork and anticipation on this play have been immaculate, and him hyping up the group afterward was the cherry on high.
2. Jayson Tatum’s confidence
Followers get mad after losses. Radio exhibits freak out. It’s the secret.
That doesn’t imply the Celtics need to feed into it.
Joe Mazzulla has preached the identical mentality all 12 months—a business-like, onto-the-next strategy. Boston has acted the identical after victories and defeats.
So, when Jayson Tatum took to the rostrum and smirked on the notion of perfection being the usual, it was unsurprising.
“Simply prepare for Saturday. No person was in there defeated, deflated,” Tatum mentioned of the vibe post-game. “I imply, by no means need to lose, particularly within the playoffs. Lot of issues we are able to study from. World thinks we’re by no means imagined to lose, and we’re imagined to win each recreation by 25. And it’s simply not gonna be like that on a regular basis. We don’t anticipate it to be simple.
“This workforce we enjoying, it’s the second spherical of the playoffs. It’s gonna be enjoyable, the remainder of the sequence, particularly come Saturday. However, you already know, we bounced again loads of instances. We misplaced what, 16 video games this 12 months. So I’d wish to suppose that we responded fairly effectively each time we did lose.”
3. TD Backyard lets the Celtics hear it
Perfection might not be attainable, however the best way Boston carried out on Thursday night time was worthy of the boos TD Backyard rained down. Followers have been leaving early within the fourth quarter as Donovan Mitchell drained powerful three after powerful three.
It’s by no means enjoyable to listen to a house crowd boo their workforce. Nevertheless it wasn’t unjustified.
